Butter-cutter.



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C. F. FOGG.

BUTTER CUTTER.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.CHARLES F. FOGG, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO AUTOMATIC BUTTER CUTTER AND WEIGHER CO., A CORPORATION.OF DELAWARE.

BUTTER-CUTTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

. other holder in a pat ofpredetermined weight,

. and has for its object the provision of a simple,-cheap, and effectivecutter of the character speci ed To attain the desired'end, my inventionconsists in a butter-cutter in which is comprised a cutting-casingclosed at the u per extremity, from opposite sides whereo eX- tendstandards provided with horizontal handpieces, said standards beingunited by a. pqeJi-ilforated connectingpiece, a plunger wit the casing,provided with a graduated operating-rod, said rod bearing a thumbpieceand an adjustable stop-collar, and a swinging blade connected to armspivoted at the sides of the casing, all of which will be hereinafterfirst fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In thg accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my utter-cutter. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewthereof at line x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a reduced sectional viewillustrating a modified form of attachment between the plunger and itsoperating-rod, and Fig. 4 shows a modified mians of adjustment forthecollar on said ro Similar numerals of reference, wherever they occur,indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

1 is the cutting-casing, made of any ap.

proved material and provided with a perforated head 2 at its upperextremity. At opposite sides of the casing 1 are upwardly-extendingstandards 3, connected together by a perforated cross-piece 4 and havinghorizonl tal handpieces 5.

6 is a plunger located within the casing 1 and having an operating-rod 7aiiixed thereto and extending upward through the perfohad therein totheaccompanying ration in the head 2 and connecting-piece Aet. The rod 7 isgraduated at 8 to indicate ounces or the equivalent.

9 is a collar adjustably held on the rod 7 below the cross-piece 4 bymeans of a setscrew 10 or by threading the collar 9 and the rod 7, asillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

11 is a thumb-piece surmounting the rod 7.

Pivoted at 12 'are swinging bars 13, connected together near their lowerends by a rod 14, whereon is ivoted a blade 15 by means of ears 16. T eears 16 are arran ed to engage with stops 17 on`the bars 13, t usinsuring the proper relation of the blade to the open face of the casing1 when the blade is to be used.

18 is a rejection at the back of theblade 15 for hol ing the same whenin use, and when in a raised position the rod engages with a catch 19,as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whilethe cutteris being forced into butter.

When constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoingdescription, the operation of my improved butter-cutter is as follows:The blade 15 being raised out of the way, the collar 9 is set so as tohold the plunger 6 in position to permit the casing to receive therequisite amount of butter. The casing is now thrust into the mass ofbutter by means of the two handpieces 5 and, when filled, a twist of thecutter in a rotary direction will sever the contained butter from themass. The blade 15 is thrown down, as in full lines in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, the stops 17 bringing it to the pro er position, and bypushing the blade over t e mouth of the casing 1 a smooth surface issecured. The blade 15 is now swung back out of the way; and secured inplace, when by grasping t e handpieces 5 and passing the thumbs of eachhand over the piece 11 the plunger 6 is easily forced downward,expelling the pat of butter of predetermined size and weight.

VInIaving now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

`1. A butter-cutter in which is comprised a casing closed at its u perextremity, from opposite sides whereof) extend standards provided withhorizontal handpieces, said stand- IOO ards being united by a perforatedconnectingpiece; a punger Within the casing provided with a graduatedoperating rod, said rod bearing a thumb-piece and an adjustablestep-echar; and a swinging cutter connected to arms pivoted at the sidesof the casing and adapted to swin'g entirely clear of the casing, theWhole arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

2. in a device of the character herein speciied, the combination with acutting-casing, of' a cucer and carrying mechanism arranged to pass overthe face thereof, orbe swung out siens? of the Way entirely clearA ofthecasing, substantially as shown and'descr-ibed.

3. Inv a device of the character herein specified, the combination witha cutting-casing, of a blade pivoted to swinging arms at the sides ofthecasing, said arms bearing stops, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimonyiwherecf I hereto afHX my signature in presence of tWoWitnesses.

' CHARLES F. FOGG.

A. M. PIERCE, C. A, PIERCE.

